"There's a huge backlog of infrastructure that needs to be replaced." Engineers develop new steel technology to triple ...

Steel will corrode in most environments. Its behaviour in concrete is addressed. Aspects such as the concrete environment, factors affecting corrosion rates, production realities, deterioration ...

Regular steel is an alloy of 99% iron and between about 0.2% and 1% carbon, while stainless steel typically contains between 62% and 75% iron, up to 1% carbon, and more than 10.5% chromium.

About 100,000 pounds of Allium’s stainless steel-clad rebar have already been used in construction projects around the U.S., and the company believes its process can be quickly scaled alongside ...

For stainless steel applications, the following three conditions must be present in the system for pitting corrosion to occur: i) high temperature, ii) high chloride content, and iii) stresses.

Whether tunnels or retaining walls – many Swiss reinforced concrete structures from the 1960s to the 1980s are at risk. Corrosion can make them unstable. ETH start-up Talpa Inspection has now ...

Sridharan and Kasturi Narasimha Sasidhar, an assistant scientist in Sridharan’s group, have demonstrated a new approach for restoring stainless steel’s corrosion resistance that could be much faster ...

Oak and stainless steel make room for concrete in wineries. By Paul Zitarelli September 12, 2013. This article originally appeared in the November 2013 issue of Seattle magazine. For about as long as ...

Structural steel is a common choice for many industries, including concrete, buildings, architecture, construction, and infrastructure. Corrosion can cause safety issues like instability and other ...